Machine for buttoning shoes.



LLBAZZONI. MACHINE FOR 'BUTTONING SHOES.

APPLICATION FILIED JAN- 3. 1913.

Patented Dec 12,1916

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WA NT hllmfii LEWISJ. BAZZONI, OF SWAMPSCOTT, INIASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNCR TO UNITED SHOE MACHINERY COMPANY, OF PATERSON, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

MACHINE FOR BUTTONING SHOES.

Application filed. January 3 T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Lnwis J. BAZZONI, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Swampscott, in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for Buttonin'g Shoes, of which the following is a specification.

lhis invention relates to buttoning machines, and is herein shown as embodied in a machine particularly adapted forperforming buttoning operations on boots or shoes. It should be understood, however, that this particular embodiment is not in any sense restrictive, but only illustrative, and that the invention in its broader aspects is susceptible of various embodiments and is applicable also to various uses upon different classes of work.

in the manufacture of button shoes it is the usual practice to button several of the lowermost buttons of the upper before the assembling and lasting operations in order to facilitate the proper lasting of the shoe and to insure that the button piece and the buttonhole fly shall be correctly positioned in the finished shoe. This operation heretofore has been performed almost entirely by land.

An important object of this invention is to provide a machine for use in buttoning the uppers of shoes whereby the buttoning operation may be performed more expeditiously and satisfactorily than by hand labor and at the same time without straining un duly the button attaching means or the material of the buttonhole fly.

To the above and other ends an important feature of the invention consists in means for relatively positioning a button and a buttonhole fly with the button in edgewise relation to a buttonhole and inclined relatively to the button fly, in order to facilitate the relative traverse of the button and the buttonhole fly in the buttoni'ng operation.

The invenion is herein shown as embodied in means fo tipping the button; relatively some butt piece to preseiiraaed ee the button head adjacent" to" the corresponding bi'ittonholef' p f [Anotherimportant reasure con ists f in means for 'pr en'ting" buttonhole" fly with a ib'uttonhole" in" positio tofireceivea button,

and means ensuing" oftli button head within the buttonhole by mov- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 12, 1916.

Serial No. 740,001.

ing the button relatively to the button, as by tipping the button. In the embodiment lllustrated the buttoning instrumentalities are constructed and arranged to impart to the button a plurality of tipping movements to facilitate and effect the passage of the button head through the buttonhole and to straighten the button after the passage of the head through the buttonhole.

A further feature of the invention consists in work positioning means, arranged to receive a button in position for the but-toning operation when the work is initially presented to the machine, and mechanism for effecting' relative movement of the button and the buttonhole fly to perform a buttoning operation while the button is positioned in said means. As herein shown the button posi tioning means comprises a fork in which the button is supported, and the fork is turned to tip the button so as to present it 1n edgewise relation to a buttonhole which is positioned to receive it and is then turned in the opposite direction to effect a passage of the button head within the buttonhole.

A further important feature of the invention consists in means for operating upon a buttonhole fly to dispose the material of the fly at the edge of a buttonhole below the head of the corresponding button or in.

close relation to the shank of the button, and means for relatively. positioning the button and the buttonhole fly in such lateral relation as to facilitate such movement of the buttonhole fly, preferably by tipping the button relatively to the button piece.

As a further feature also the invention in cludes means for effecting relative lateral movements of a button and a buttonhole fly alternately in opposite directions, thereby facilitating the disposal of portions of the buttonhole fly at opposite sides of a buttonhole in buttoned relation to the corresponding button.

Another feature resides in buttoning inst'i umeiitalities"including means for moving thehead or a'buttonand'a buttonhole simultaneously in opposite directions inthe b'i'ittoning' -ope1 ation." As herein, shown the cinventionjisembodied in means for tipping 7 hole and the disposal of the edge of the but- 'partly in section as indicated by line 22 of tonhole fly at the side of the buttonhole below the button head upon subsequent relative movement of the button and the button- 7 companying drawings, which illustrate preferred embodiment of the invention, and will be pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of agshoe-buttoning machine, a portion of the frame being broken away. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the machine,

Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section in the plane indicated by line 33 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a top plan view of the button holder included in Fig. 1. Figs. '5 to 8 inclusive show the work-engaging instrumentalities in different positions, illustrating progressive stagesof the cycle of operations.

The same reference characters indicate the same parts wherever they occur.

. A shoe button is shown at 10 attached to 7 one quarter 11 of an upper commonly known as the button piece. The upper includes also buttonhole fly 12 which has a series of buttonholes, the quarter 11 having a series of buttons was usual. The buttonhole indicated at 13 is intended to receive the button. The

machine herein illustrated is provided with work receiving means comprising a button holder 14 (see Fig. 4) arranged to receive and position a button when the work is initially presented to the machine, the end of the member 14 being recessed to provide a throat15 to receive the shank of the button. Themember 14 thus constitutes a fork upon which the button is supported. The button 7 holder is operated to effect lateralmovement of the button head alternately in opposite directions in the buttoning operation to present the button in edgewise relation to the buttonhole and effect a passage of the button within the buttonhole. In order to effect this'movement ofthe head of the button I prefer to'impart a tilting or tipping movement to the button, and for this purpose the holder 14 is mounted to turn in a bearing 16 afforded by the frame 17' of the machine. A finger or arm 18 secured to the rear end of the holder 14 extends into a cam groove 19 formed in a cam'disk or wheel 20. The

function of the cam is to oscillate the holder 14 about its axis so as to tip the button.

When inserting the shank of the button in the holder 14, the head of the button will be placed uppermost and the quarter 11 will extend under the holder. The buttonhole fly 12 will lie upon the head of the button.

The machine is provided with buttonhole fly engaging means comprising a. pair of pressers 21 and 22 which are operated to press downwardly upon the buttonhole fly at opposite edges of the buttonhole in the manner illustrated by Figs. 5 to 8. These pressers are operated one after the other first to open the buttonhole and then to close it, and sufiicient time is allowed between the stroke of one presser and the stroke of the other to enable the button to pass through the buttonhole.

I prefer to have the button holder 14 stand initially in position to hold the button upright, in order to facilitate inserting the shank of the button in the throat 15; but so far as the buttoning operation is concerned, it is not necessary to have the holder stand initially in this position. The machine as shown is thus adapted to position the holder 14 so that it will initially stand with its throat 15 substantially vertical.

After the shank of a button has been in serted in the throat and the parts 11 and 12 have been positioned as shown by Fig. 5, the first movement to occur upon setting the machine in motion is a turning movement of the button holder whereby the button is tipped to the position shown by Fig. 5. It will be observed that when the button is in this position its upper edge is adjacent or opposite to the buttonhole 13, the head of the button in the specific arrangement shown being at the right of the left-hand edge of the buttonhole. The button holder remains stationary in this position while the presser 21 moves downwardly to the position shown by Fig. 6. This movement of the presser 21 depresses the left-hand edge of the buttonhole below the edge of the button, thus opening the buttonhole for the reception of the button, the right-hand edge of the buttonhole being held up by the button. The button holder 14 is then turned so as to tip the button to the position shown by Fig. 7. This movement of the button effects a passage of the button head within the buttonhole and in the specific arrangement shown causes the head of the button to pass through the buttonhole and carries the head of the button to the left of the right-hand edge of the buttonhole. The pressers 21 and 22, it will be noted, are concave at their inner edges and are so disposed relatively to the button that in the tipping movement above described the button head does not encounter the presser 21 but passes below its lower end and depresses the buttonhole fly relatively to the arms 23 and 24 respectively.

presser. The button holder remains in the position last described while the presser 22 moves downwardly to the position shown by Fig. 8. This movement closes the buttonhole around the shank of the button.

The pressers 21 and 22 are carried by These arms are mounted upon fulcrum studs 25 and 26, and they are provided with rolls 27 and 28 which engage the cam disk 20. Springs 29 and 30 connected to the lower ends of the presser arms keep the rolls in engagement with the cam disk. In this embodiment of the invention the cam disk is provided with means whereby it may be turned in one direction by manual power, and in the opposite direction by a spring. For this purpose it is provided with an arm 31 to which is attached connecting member 32 which represents means whereby the arm 31 may be connected with a treadle (not shown). A movement of the treadle will cause the cam disk to turn in the direction indicated by the arrow in Fig. 1, to operate the machine as hereinbefore described, and the spring inclicated at 38 will return the parts to their initial positions when the treadle is released. The machine may of course be connected for operation by power if desired. The machine as embodied in the present design is operated by a rotative movement of approximately ninety degrees of the cam disk. The cam disk is mounted upon a stud shaft 3a mounted in suitable bearings in the frame 17. The cam groove 19 as shown by Fig. 2 is so formed as to swing the finger 18 from its median position to the left, to let the tinger dwell in the latter position, then swing the finger to the right of its median position where it is permitted to dwell, and then to swing it back to its median position. The cam disk is cut away on one side, as indirated at 35, to permit a movement of the roll 27 while the button holder is in the position shown by Fig. 5. The cam disk is likewise cut away at the other side edge indicated at 86 to permit a movement of the roll 28 when the button holder is in the position shown by Fig. 7. The downward movement of the pressers 21 and is effected by the springs 29 and 30, the cam merely controlling the time when such movements may occur. I prefer this means for operating the pressers with yielding force to a cam which would operate the pressers positively, because the work might sometimes be out of placeand a re i rement 9f th pressers might resiilt fin bendin vbre 'ringthem or in juringthewc f i fill. .bQ, LQt-ed t m et. etf he tat. U. about in a ti niediat ton.

The have a lateral movement relatively to the tive machine this movement is further in- 1 sured by the manner in which the work is presented. Vi hen the work is in operative position it will most conveniently be held between the thumbs and fingers of the operator and the button piece and the buttonhole fly will be pressed together so that the maintenance of the same relation between these two parts during the buttoning operation will be further insured. The tipping movement f the button whereby the head is moved to the right will thus cause a movement of the two pieces 11 and 12 to the left and movement of the button head to the left will cause the two pieces to move simultaneously to the right. lln this main nor the buttonhole fly will receive a lateral movement prior to the operation of either of the presser members 21 or 22, to cause the buttonhole to be offset laterally with ref erence to thecorresponding button and to position adjacent to the edge or at one side of the head of the button that portion of the fly which is to be depressed, thus facilitating the operation of the presser members and the disposal of the parts of the buttonhole fly below the button head. Since the tipping of the button also is accompanied by a lateral movement of both the button piece and the buttonhole fly in a direction opposite to the direction of movement of the button head, it will be apparent that the passage of the button through the buttonhole and the final straightening of the work likewise will be greatly facilitated.

After the operations hereinbefore described have been effected through movement of the cam member 20 in one direction, the treadle is released and through the action of the spring 233 the parts of the machine are restored to their starting positions, whereby the work is freed from engagement with the pressers 21 and 22 and the button is left in an upright or straightened position with reference to the button piece and the buttonhole fly. The work may then be withdrawn from the holder ltvand if desired may be nsertcd for I another but,- toning operatioin W While the invention has been described with 13.6 rence to its use'forbuttoning the part of an, upper prior to the lasting .oper; atioinitwinbe e1 ."lent f mancoi sic re ion 'cti'on and mode of operation of tlie illu 'tive niacl'iine that the uppers of completed shoes likewise may be buttoned bodying this invention. An important advantage of 'such' a machinefor operation upon completed shoes is that the buttoning instrumentalities are arranged to operate substantially outside of the shoe Without the necessity for engagement with the inner surface of the button piece within the shoe, the button positioning means having a button receiving opening arranged to extend in transverse relation to the edge of the button piece. It is immaterial therefore to the operation of the machine what particular form the work may take, whether, in fact, the work comprise a shoe or other article upon which a buttoning operation is to be performed.

Having thus explained the nature of my said invent-ion and described a way of constructing and using the same, although without attempting. to set forth all the forms in which it may be made or all the modes of its use,.what I claim is:

1. Abuttoning machine having, in coinbination, a holder for supporting a button, means for operating upon an article which has a buttonhole to open said buttonhole adjacent to the button, means for moving said button holder to pass the head of the button through said buttonhole, and means for operating upon said article to close the buttonhole around the shank of thebutton.

2. A buttoning machine having, in combination, a holder for supportingabutton, means for operating upon an article which has a buttonhole to move the material at one edge of said buttonhole to open the buttonhole, means for moving said button holder to pass the head of the button through the buttonhole, and means for operating upon said article to move the material at the'opposite edge of said buttonhole past the head of the button and to close the buttonhole around the shank of the button.

3. A buttoning machine having, in combination, aholder for supporting a button, two work-engaging members for operating upon an article which has a buttonhole for said button, saidmembers being disposed to engage said article at opposite sides of the buttonhole respectively, means for operating one of sa1d members to move the material at one edge of the buttonhole to open the buttonhole, means for operating said button holder to pass the head of therbutton through the buttonhole, and means for operating the other work-engaging member to move the material at the other edge of the 'buttonhole to close the buttonhole around the shank of the button.

4. A buttoning machine having, in combination, a button holder for supporting a button, means for operating upon an article which has a buttonhole to open said buttonhole, and means for operating said button holder to tilt the button and pass the head thereof edgeivise through said buttonhole.

5. Abuttoning machine having, in combination, a tilting button support, buttonhole fly engaging means, and means for tilting said button support relatively to said fly engaging means to pass the head of the button through a buttonhole in said fly.

6. A buttoning machine having, in combination, a button positioning device arranged to receive and position a button for the buttoning operation when the work is initially presented to the machine, buttonhole fly engaging means, and mechanism for operating said device relatively to the fly engaging means to effect a passage of the button head Within a buttonhole.

T. A buttoning machine having, in combination, a holder for supporting a button, means for oscillating said holder to tilt the button, and means for operating upon an article Which has a buttonhole to spread the edges of the buttonhole, said holder and oscillating means being constructed and arranged relatively to the buttonhole spreading means to tilt the button so as to pass the autton through said buttonhole.

8. A buttoning machine having, in combination, a movable button support, buttonhole fly engaging means, mechanism for operating the button support to cause the head of a button to move laterally in opposite directions alternately, and means for operating said buttonhole fly engaging means in time relation to the operation of the button support to open a buttonhole in position to receive the button head upon one of said movements of the button.

9. A buttoning machine having, in combination, button and buttonhole fly engaging devices, and operating means for effecting relative movement of said devices to perform a buttoning operation, said means being constructed and arranged to cause the button to be tipped in edgeWise relation to the corresponding buttonhole to facilitate the relative traverse of the button and the buttonhole fly.

10. A buttoning machine having, in combination, button engaging means, mechasponding buttonhole and to straighten the l. l U

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button after the parts of the Work are in buttoned relation.

12. A buttoning machine having, in combination, button and buttonhole fly engaging devices, and mechanism for effecting relative movement of said devices to perform a buttoning operation, said mechanism being constructed and arranged to impart to the button a plurality of tipping movements during the buttoning operation.

13. A. buttoning machine having, in combination, Work receiving means arranged to receive and position a button When the Work is initially presented to the machine, and means for effecting relative movement of the button and the buttonhole fly to perform a buttoning operation while the button is positioned in said Work receiving means.

14:. A buttoning machine having, in combination, button receiving means constructed and located to receive button in position for the buttoning operation when the Work is initially presented to the machine, buttonhole fly engaging means, and mechanism constructed and arranged to effect relative movement of said receiving means and said fly engaging means to perform a buttoning operation on the Work While the button is held by the receiving means.

15. A buttoning machine having, in combination, means for positioning a button in inclined relation to the button piece With the button head in edgeivise relation to the corresponding buttonhole, and mechanism foretlecting relative movement of said positioning means and the buttonhole fly to cause the button to enter the buttonhole in said edgewise relation. 16. A buttoning machine having, in combination, means for relatively positioning a button and a buttonhole fly With the button in edgevvise relation to the corresponding buttonhole, and mechanism for operating the button positioning means to eflfect a passage of the button head Within the buttonhole, said mechanism being constructed and arranged to tip the button during its movement within the buttonhole.

17, A but-toning machine having, in combination, means for relatively positioning a button and a buttonhole fly with the button in edgeivise relation to the corresponding buttonhole, and mechanism for operating the button positioning means to impart to the button a tipping movement to effect a passage of the button head Within the buttonhole.

18. A buttoning machine having, in combination, means for positioning a buttonhole fly with a buttonhole opposite to the edge of the corresponding button, and means for imparting a tipping movement to the button to e'tl'ect a passage of the button head Within said buttonhole.

1 9. A buttoning machine having, in com bination, means for positioning a buttonhole fly with a buttonhole opposite to the edge of the corresponding button, and means for operating upon the button to effect a lateral movement of the button head Within said buttonhole, said operating means being constructed and arranged to tip the button during said movement of the button head.

20. A. buttoning machine having, in combination, means for positioning a button in inclined relation to the button piece, and means for eflfecting thereafter relative movement of said button positioning means and the buttonhole fly to dispose the head of the button Within the corresponding buttonhole in edge- Wise relation to the buttonhole.

21. A. but-toning machine having, in combination, means for positioning a button in inclined relation to the button piece With the plane of the button head transverse to the longitudinal edge of the buttonhole fly, and mechanism for operating said button positioning means to effect a passage of the button head Within the buttonhole, said mechanism being constructed and arranged to tip the button during its movement Within the buttonhole.

A buttoning machine having, in com bination, means for positioning a button in inclined relation to the button piece and in edgeWise relation to the corresponding buttonhole, means for opening the buttonhole, and means for effecting thereafter relative movement of the button positioning means and the buttonhole fly to dispose the parts in buttoned relation.

A buttoning machine having, in combination, means for positioning a button in inclined relation to the button piece and in edgewise relation to the corresponding buttonhole, means for opening the buttonhole, and means for operating the button positioning means to impart to the button a tipping movement to effect a passage of the button head Within the opened buttonhole.

24. A buttoning machine having, in combination, means for positioning a button in inclined relation to the button piece and in edgewise relation to the corresponding buttonhole, means for depressing the material of the buttonhole fly at one side of the but tonhole below the edge of the button head, and means for operating the button positioning means to tip the button. toward said depressed portion to effect a passage of the button head Within the buttonhole.

25. A buttoning machine having, in combination, means for imparting to a button tipping movements alternately in opposite directions, and means operative between said movements of the button to present the buttonhole fly With the corresponding buttonhole in position for the passage of the but ton in its subsequent tipping movement.

26. A. buttoning machine having, in com- 7 corresponding buttonhole in the buttonhole flyand present it in position for the passage of the head of the button in the subsequent tipping movementof the button.

' 27 A buttoning machine having, in combination, means for positioning a button for the buttoning operation, means for depressing the material of the buttonhole fly relatively to'the button alternately at opposite sides of the corresponding buttonhole, and mechanism for operating the button positioning means between the two movements of said'depressing'means to effect a of the button within the buttonhole.

28. A buttoning machine having, in combination,-means for depressing the material of a buttonhole fly relatively to a button alternately at opposite sides of a buttonhole to position the edges of the. fly below the head of the button, and means for moving the button between the two movements of said depressing means to eflect a passage of the button head within the buttonhole.

29. A buttoning machine having, in combination, means for positioning a button for the buttoning operation, means for depressing the material of the buttonhole fly relatively to the button at one side of the corresponding buttonhole, and mechanism for operating the button positioning means to tip the button within the buttonhole toward passage said depressed portion of the buttonhole fly.

30. A buttoning machine having, in combination, a presser member for engaging the buttonhole fly, means for operating said member to depress the material of said fly at one side of a buttonhole below the edge of the corresponding button, and means for tipping the button'toward said depressed portion to efl'ect a passage of the button head within the buttonhole, said member being constructed to permit the button head to V pass below it during said tipping movement.

r '31. A-buttoning machine having, in combination,a presser member for engaging the buttonhole fly, means for operating said member todepress the material of said fly at one side ofa buttonhole below the edge of the corresponding button, and means for tipping the button toward said depressed portion to eiiect 'a passage of the button head within the buttonhole, said member being constructed toipermit the tipping movement of the button without engaging beneath the button head. .32. A buttoning machine having, in combination, a pressermember for engaging the buttonhole fly, means for operating said.

member to depress the material of said fly at one side of a buttonhole below the edge of the corresponding button, and means for portion of the fly and carry it below the presser member.

33. A buttoning machine having, in combination, button positioning means, a pair of relatively movable presser members for engaging the buttonhole fly at opposite sides of a buttonhole, means for operating said members to depress relatively to the button portions of the buttonhole fly alternately at opposite sides of the buttonhole, and mechanism for operating the button positioning means to efl'ect a tipping movement of the button within the buttonhole between the movements of said presser members.

34. A buttoning machine having, in combination, means for positioning a button :[or the buttoning operation, means for depressing the material of the buttonhole fly at one side of the corresponding buttonhole below the edge of said button, mechanism for operating the button positioning means to tip the button toward said depressed portion and within the buttonhole, and means for subsequently depressing relatively to the button the material at the opposite side of the buttonhole.

35. A buttonin machine having, in combination, means ibr positioning a button in inclined relation to the button piece, and means for depressing a portion of the buttonhole fly at one side or the corresponding v in the buttonhole, and means for depressing thereafter relatively to the button head that portion of the buttonhole fly at the opposite side of the buttonhole.

37. In a buttoning machine, the combination with means for positioning a button for the buttoning operation, of a pair of presser members for engaging the buttonhole fly at opposite sides of a buttonhole and depressing it relatively to the button, spring means for operating said members, and controlling means constructed and arranged to cause the two members to be operated successively by said spring means.

38. In a buttoning machine, the combination with means for positioning a button for thebuttoning operation, of a pair of presser members for engaging the buttonhole fly at opposite sides of a buttonhole and depressing it relatively to the button, pivoted carriers for said presser members, spring means for swinging said carriers to impart the operative movements to said members, and cam means for controlling the movements of the carriers.

39. In a buttoning machine, a Work receiving member having a slotted end portion arranged to receive and position a button, said member being mounted for turning movement about its longitudinal axis, and means for turning said member to tip the button in the buttoning operation.

1:0. In a buttoning machine, a button receiving fork mounted for turning movement about an axis extending longitudinally thereof, and means for turning said fork alternately in opposite directions to impart a plurality of tipping movements to the button in the buttoning operation.

41. In a buttoning machine, a button receiving member constructed to receive a button attached to a button piece and mounted for turning movement to tip the button, an arm extending laterally from said member, and a cam arranged to engage said arm to operate said member.

L2. A buttoning machine having, in combination, button and buttonhole fly engaging devices constructed and arranged for relative movement to perform a buttoning operation, and operating means comprising a cam member arranged for oscillatory movement to effect a cycle of operations of said devices.

43. A buttoning machine having, in combination, button and buttonhole fly engaging devices constructed and arranged for relative movement to perform a buttoning operation, and operating means for said devices comprising a cam member arranged for oscillatory movement, and a spring tendto maintain said member in starting position.

n. A buttoning machine having, in combination, means for relatively positioning a button and a. buttonhole fly with a buttonhole adjacent to the edge of the button, and means for effecting a lateral movement of the button head Within saidbuttonhole and for simultaneously effecting a lateral movement of the buttonhole fly in a direction opposite to the direction of said movement of the button head.

A buttoning machine having, in combination, means for relatively positioning a button and a buttonhole fly With the button in edgewise relation. to the corresponding buttonhole, and means for moving the but ton head and the buttonhole fly simultaneously in opposite directions to effect a passa e of the button head Within the buttonhole.

4.6. A buttoning machine having, in .com-

bination, means for opening a buttonhole in a buttonhole fly, and means for moving said fly and the corresponding button simultaneously in opposite directions to eifect'a passage of the button head Within said buttonhole.

L7. A buttoning machine having, in combination, means for presenting a buttonhole fly with a buttonhole adjacent to the edge of the corresponding button, and means for tipping said button to effect a passage of the button head Within the buttonhole, the axis of said tipping movement being arranged relatively to the button to cause the Work to be moved laterally to carry the buttonhole fly in a direction opposite to the direction of tipping movement of the button.

4L8. A buttoning machine having, in combination, means for presenting a buttonhole fly With a buttonhole adjacent to the edge of the corresponding button, and means for tipping said button about an axis located between its ends to effect a passage of the button head Within the buttonhole and to effect a lateral. movement of the button piece and the buttonhole fly in a direction opposite to the direction of movement of the button head.

49. A buttoning machine having, in combination, button engaging means, and mechanism for operating said means to eifect a plurality of tipping movements of the button, said means being arranged relatively to the button to cause simultaneously lateral. movements of the button piece and the buttonhole fly in directions opposite to the directions of movement of the button head.

50. A buttoning machin having, in combination, button and buttonhole fly engaging devices, and mechanism for operating said devices to perform a buttoning operation, said mechanism being constructed and arranged to eifect relative lateral movements of a button and the buttonhole fly alternately in opposite directions during the but toning operation.

51. A buttonin machine having, in combination, means for effecting relative lateral. movements of a button and a buttonhole fly alternately in opposite directions, and means constructed and arranged to operate in time relation to said relative movements of the button and the buttonhole fly for disposing portions of said fly at opposite sides of the buttonhole successively in close relation to the shank of the button.

52. A buttoning machine having, in combination, buttonhole fly engaging means, mechanism for operating said means to depress in turn relatively to a button portions of said fly at opposite sides of the corre sponding buttonhole, and means for effect ing lateral movements of the buttonhole flv to facilitate disposal of the edges of the fly below the. head of. the button.

53 A buttoning machine having, in combination, buttonhole fly engaging means,

mechanism for operating said means to depress'in turnrelatively to a button portions of said fly at opposite sides of the corresponding buttonhole, and means. for effecting lateral movements of the buttonhole fly 7 alternately in opposite directions to facilitate disposal of the edges of said fly below the head of the button.

.54. A buttoning machine having, in combination, buttonhole fly engaging means, mechanism for operating said means to depress portions of said fly' alternately at opposite sides of a button, and means for mov- 7 ing the buttonholefly laterally prior to each 1 movement of said fly engaging means to dispose that portion of the fly which is to be depressed adjacent to an edge of the button ead.

- 55. A buttoning machine having, in combination, means for holding a button against 1 translatlon, a buttonhole fly engagmg member, means for operating said member to depress relatively to the head of a button a portion-of said fly atone side of the corresponding buttonhole, and means for moving the buttonhole fly prior to .the operation of said member to shiftthe position of the "buttonhole laterally with reference to the 7 button.

56. A buttoning machine having, in combination, a pair of presser members, means for operating said members in turn to depress alternately below the headof a button portions of the buttonhole fly at opposite sides of the corresponding buttonhole, and

means for effecting lateral movements of the buttonhole 'fly alternately in opposite directions to dispose those portions of the fly press relatively to the headof a button a portion of said fly at one side of the correspending buttonhole, and means for moving said fly and the button head laterally in opposite directions prior to the operation of 4 said memberto facilitate the disposal of the edge of the fly below the head of the button by said member.

58. A buttonlng machine having, in com- 'bination, means for positioning a buttonhole 'fly with a buttonhole opposite to the edge of thecorresponding button, and means for moving thebutton relatively to the button piece to effect a passage of the button 7 head within the buttonhole.

59. A buttoning machine having, in combination, means for opening a buttonhole in a" buttonhole fly adjacentto the corresponding button, and means for moving the but ton relatively to the button piece to effect a passage of the button head within the opened buttonhole.

60. In a buttoning machine, the combination with means for positioning a button for the buttoning operation, of presser members for engaging the buttonhole fly at op- 7 spring for returning said operating means to starting position.

62. In a buttoning machine, the combination of means for positioning a button, buttonhole fly engaging means, and mechanism for relatively moving the button and buttonhole fly to effect a buttoning operation, said mechanism being constructed to tip the button during said buttoning operation to present it edgewise to the buttonhole.

63. In a buttoning machine, the combination of means for positioning a button, buttonhole fly engaging means, and mechanism for relatively moving said positioning and fly engaging means to effect a buttoning operation, said mechanism being constructed to give the button a plurality of tipping movements during the buttoning operation.

641-. In a buttoning machine, the combination of button holding means, buttonhole fly engaging means, and mechanism for causing said holding means to tip the button to present it edgewise to the buttonhole and for relatively moving said button holding and buttonhole fly engaging means to complete the buttoning operation.

65. In a buttoning machine, the combination of button holding means, buttonhole fly engaging means, and mechanism for relatively moving said holding and fly engaging means to effect a buttoning operation, said mechanism being constructed to tip the button to present it edgewise to the buttonhole and to straighten the button again after it has entered the buttonhole.

66. In a buttoning machine, the combination of means for supporting a button for the buttoning operation, means for engaging the buttonhole fly to cooperate with said button supporting means in performing the buttoning operation, and mechanism for relatively moving said means to effect the buttoning operation, said fly engaging and button supporting means being constructed and arranged to effect, during said relative move ment, the disposal of one edge of the buttonhole fly under the button head in advance of the other edge, and said mechanism operating said button supporting means during the buttoning operation to give the button a plurality of tipping movements.

67. In a buttoning machine, the combination of button holding means arranged to support a button head at opposite sides of the button eye, buttonhole fly engaging means, and mechanism for relatively moving said button holding and fly engaging means to efiect a buttoning operation and for caus ing said button holding means to tip the button in a direction to present it edgewise to the buttonhole, said fly engaging means being arranged to press the edge of the buttonhole below the side of the button head that first eaters the buttonhole, and said mechanism operating thereafter to tip the button in a direction opposite to the first tipping movement to facilitate the disposal of the other edge of the buttonhole under the button head.

68. A buttoning machine comprising, in combination, button positioning means having an opening arranged to extend in transverse relation to the longitudinal edge of the button piece to position a button when the work is initially presented to the machine, buttonhole fly engaging means, and mechanism for efiecting relative movement of said button positioning and fly engaging means to perform a buttoning operation with respect to the button while the button is positioned by said button positioning means.

69. A buttoning machlne havmg, 1n combination, a button positioning fork arranged to project in transverse relation to the longitudinal edge of the button piece to position a button when the work is initially presented to the machine, and means for performing a buttoning operation with respect to the button While the button is positioned by said fork.

70. A machine for buttoning shoes or the like having, in combination, a button positioning fork arranged to project on the outside of the upper in transverse relation to the longitudinal edge of the button piece to position a button when the work is initially presented to the machine, buttonhole fly engaging means, and mechanism for effecting relative movement of said fork and buttonhole fly engaging means to perform a buttoning operation with respect to the button while the button is positioned by said fork.

71. A machine for buttoning shoes or the like having, in combination, button positioning means arranged to project on the outside of the upper toward the longitudinal edge of the button piece and between the button head and the button piece to position a button when the work is initially presented to the machine, and means for performing a buttoning operation with respect to the button while the button is positioned by said means.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

LEl/VIS J. BAZZONI. Witnesses WALTER P. ABELL, P. W. PnzzETTI.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

It is hereby certified that in Letters Patent N 0. 1,207,730, granted December 12,

1916, upon the application of Lewis J. Bazzoni, of Swznnpscott, Massachusetts, for

an improvement in Machines for Buttoning Shoes, an error appears in the printed specification requiring correction as follows: Page 1, line 56, after the Word button second occurrence, insert the Word piece; and that the said Letters Patent should be read With this correction therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Office.

Signed and sealed this 10th day of April, A. D., 1917.

[SEAL] F. W. H. CLAY,

Acting Commissioner of Patents. C1. 121. 

